Zilker Park has sidewalks and safer bus stops headed its way

In an effort to improve pedestrian safety, Austin’s Public Works Department is working on building better sidewalks and bus stops in and around Zilker Park. Most who frequent the park agree that Barton Springs Road and the connecting Stratford Drive…

Parks • By Willow Higgins • Feb 2, 2022

Council still has many questions about waterfront tax zone

Anyone expecting definitive answers about how the city will pay for improvements for the South Central Waterfront zone after a lengthy discussion at Tuesday’s City Council work session was likely disappointed. At the end of reports from the city’s financial…

Planning • By Jo Clifton • Feb 2, 2022

Austin to spend $65 million this year to reduce displacement near future transit lines

The city of Austin is preparing to spend $65 million this year on efforts to prevent people who live near future public transit lines from being priced out of their homes. The single largest transit expansion in Austin’s history is…

Housing • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Feb 2, 2022

County endorses lower speed limits for two Lake Travis ISD schools

On Tuesday, Travis County hosted a public hearing on speed limit considerations for two schools in Lake Travis Independent School District. As it currently stands, neither Rough Hollow Elementary School nor Bee Cave Middle School has a “school zone,” and…

Roads • By Seth Smalley • Feb 2, 2022

Local developers hear call for creative space partnerships through cultural trust

As the city’s recently activated Economic Development Corporation takes its first significant steps to preserve creative spaces, the local real estate and development community is starting to explore ways to partner and bring arts and music uses into new and…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 1, 2022

Loop 360/Davenport fire station lease raises questions

After serious questions about whether staff members had provided City Council with sufficient information before moving forward on construction of a new Loop 360/Davenport fire/EMS station, Council on Thursday approved a 40-year lease for the property at 4601 Westlake Drive.…

Public Safety • By Jo Clifton • Feb 1, 2022

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Disagreement over valid petition delays Northeast Austin zoning case

A controversial rezoning at the intersection of Grady and Brownie in Northeast Austin turned more contentious at City Council Thursday when a neighbor and the applicant accused each other of exploiting a nonnative-English-speaking family to sway their opinion on the case.…

Zoning • By Jonathan Lee • Feb 1, 2022

Austin ISD adds two Fridays off this semester to provide 'stress relief' to staff amid omicron wave

Lee esta historia en español. The Austin Independent School District is adding two three-day weekends to the spring semester to give teachers a break as the omicron Covid-19 wave has stretched campuses thin. Students will now have two extra Fridays…

AISD • By Marisa Charpentier, KUT • Feb 1, 2022

Opera house redevelopment project gets first OK

City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the proposed zoning change to three tracts just east of South Congress Avenue while signaling that there is much negotiating and bargaining awaiting the project, which aims to revive part of the…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 31, 2022

Parks board approves vision plan for Allandale park revamp

Allandale’s favorite park has major improvements headed its way. Planners involved with the Beverly Sheffield Northwest District Park presented their vision plan and final draft concept for the historic neighborhood park to the Parks and Recreation Board last week.  …

Parks • By Willow Higgins • Jan 31, 2022

Park renamed to honor civil rights legend Volma Overton Sr.

The 65 acres of northern waterfront at Town Lake Metro Park has a new name following a resolution honoring civil rights activist Volma Overton Sr. The park, formerly known as Lamar Beach, will now go by Volma Overton Sr. Shores.…

Austin • By Kali Bramble • Jan 31, 2022

Austin spends nearly $1 million to settle lawsuits alleging it mishandled sexual assault cases

The city of Austin is settling two lawsuits alleging it violated the rights of sexual assault victims by mishandling the investigations. The city’s settlement amounts to $825,000, which will be split among 15 plaintiffs, and $50,000 for the plaintiffs’ lawyers.…

Courts • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jan 28, 2022

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